Sohag International Airport

Sohag International Airport مطار سوهاج الدولي
IATA: HMB – ICAO: HESG File:Egypt adm location map.svg HMB Location of airport in Egypt
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Location	Sohag, Egypt
Elevation AMSL	859 ft / 262 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 3,000 9,842 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 311,000
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Sohag International Airport (IATA: HMB, ICAO: HESG) is an airport serving Sohag which is located in the Sohag Governorate of Egypt. The airport is located 25 km south of the city.

History

The airport was officially inaugurated by the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on 25 May 2010. The project cost an estimated US$80 million with construction beginning in January 2009 to include a passenger terminal, a control aprons, a runway and 33 buildings allocated for various airport services.

In the light of ousting of Hosni Mubarak and a subsequent court verdict ordering removal of Mubarak's name off all establishments in Egypt, the airport was renamed to Sohag International Airport. The road signage leading to the airport has not yet been changed.

Facilities

The facility is designed to handle approximately 3.5 million passengers per year. The passenger terminal building is designed with a unique Pharaonic design, consisting of two international halls for arrivals and departures, a VIP hall, duty-free shops and security facilities. The facility includes its own electricity, water, sewage and communication stations in addition there is a parking area capable of handling 400 vehicles and 25 buses.

The airport's sole runway is 3 km in length and 45 metres wide. The airport can receive aircraft as large as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. The apron is designed to handle 6 aircraft, with plans to expand this to accommodate 14 aircraft.

The new airport is the fifth international airport in Upper Egypt after Luxor, Aswan, Assiut and Abu Simbel. The airport primarily caters for domestic travel and traffic between Sohag/Upper Egypt and the Gulf states including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia	Sharjah
Air Cairo	Amman, Buraidah, Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait, Riyadh
Air Go	Kuwait
AMC Airlines	Jeddah
Demavia Airlines	Kuwait
EgyptAir operated by EgyptAir Express	Cairo
FlyEgypt	Kuwait (begins 26 May 2016)
Jazeera Airways	Kuwait
Nas Air	Jeddah, Riyadh

See also

• List of airports in Egypt

External links

• Mubarak opens airport in Sohag